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btit bad as the lodgings andfire were, weariaefs and hunger made them 

 acceptible. Our rmrch we reckon at oaly 12 miles, but heat and bad 

 roads made it toilfomc. 



J'wjf 27.— The fitaatiors of the village is lofty, aad the vicvr from it 

 cxtcniive and beautiful, particularly down the courfe of the Bhdgirafhi : 

 werecognife from hence too feveral points, which formed objects of ob- 

 fervation in our courfe up (hz Jumnj, fuch as the peaks of Bugi and 

 MarmL Below, the Gadi&l Gad'k flows throuo^h a fiac valley, and 

 joins the Bhdgirathi at Dharafu,: from whence, the river runs in a lon^ 

 and comparatively broad valley, well cultivated and fludded with nu- 

 merous villages. Beyond, the eye flretches to the hills above Atkurg 

 and even thofe near Srinagar are to be difcerned. 



The r®ad from the village to Dh^rafu is entirely dcrcent % this place 

 •was formerly of fome religious confequence, but now is totally in 

 ^ruins it is fituated on a rock, near the confluence of the Gaiul Gad'h 

 with the Bkagirafki. Jull at the bridge by which we crofs thfs nullah, 

 <there is a temple to BHYRxiMGaRir, where twojjo-is, a man and a womaHj 

 cefide, for the benefit of pious pilgrims, who are cxpe<5ted to contri- 

 bute to their fupport. RiQng from the bed of the dream, and pro- 

 ceeding a mile onwards, we reached Bant'ki vilhgc, (iruaicd on a rifing 

 ground, at the upper end of the valley : a fhort way from hence, 

 ihere is an edabhfhment of jogis, who rcfidc at the temple of Man- 

 ^GALANATH, whcTC, thcTC arc fomc uncommonly iiDC mango trees, but 

 (She. fruit was hardly ripCo 



There arc feveral villages on either fide of the river here : thofe on 

 the north ead; bank arc in Jul pcrgunnah : that of Oudepore, com- 

 mences on this fide at Gadul Gad'h, 



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